Wednesday, January 23, 2013

CX Career Project Slide Requirements

***Slide Presentations begin on Monday, January 28th

Slide 1: Title (full name, name of career, picture), plan to introduce yourself and career

Slide 2: Job Description (What will you do? What are your responsibilities? Where will you work? What are the working conditions?)

Slide 3: Skills Needed (What skills do you need to perform your job? What type of person do you need to be? What are the physical requirements of this job?)

Slide 4: Training and Education (What type of degree or education do you need? Do you need any type of certification or additional training? Do you need a license from the state?)

Slide 5: College/School Choice (What are your top two college or trade school choices? Where are they located? Ho much will it cost to attend per year? total?)

Slide 6: Salary (Figure out and report salary per year, month, week and hour)

Slide 7: Job Outlook (What is the job outlook? Will it be easy to get a job? Is there a lot of demand for this type of job? What is the growth projection?)

Slide 8: Is this the job for you? (Is this a good job for you? Why? Use your personality/job discovery quizzes as reference. Why would you enjoy this job? Do you have what it takes?

Slide 9: This career in a Spanish speaking country (What is the job outlook for this career in a Spanish speaking country? What is the salary? Is there anything different about this job in a Spanish speaking country?)

Slide 10: 3 sentences, in Spanish about your job

Slide 11: Video (optional, must not be over 4 minutes)

Slide 12: Bibliography (must be proper format)

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Jan 22 -25 in Room 101

Core
  • We continue our work on Design Star
    • Rough Draft DS paragraph due Wednesday upon arrival
    • Final Draft due Friday
    • Presentations start Monday

Reading
  • In preparation for OAKS, we are working on figurative language

Wildcat Pride
  • Layouts have been graded, congratulations to Hoop's group, they had the best design, theme, and overall layout work
  • Yearbook ladders due Thursday
  • Community 101 letters need to be drafted and mailed by Friday
Cultural Exploration
  • Career Exploration Presentation
    • Google Pres due Thursday upon arrival
    • Presentations start Monday

Friday, January 18, 2013

The Man and the Moon

This is one of the coolest art installations I've seen, Russian artist Leonid Tishkov takes a new picture of "the man and the moon" and writes a poem about it each week.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

This Week in Room 101 January 14 - 17

Core:
  • Design Star project is in full swing
    • Monday: presentation
    • Tuesday: group selection, drafting
    • Wednesday: site decisions
    • Thursday & Friday: rough draft
  • New Year Essays are being graded and will be returned and discussed on Friday
Reading:
  • Reading for details (in preparation for OAKS), packet assigned Tuesday, due Thursday when you come through the door
Wildcat Pride:
  • Mini-incentive was a success!!! I am proud of the hard work and contributions of each team (and you should be too)
  • Yearbook Design Competition
    • working with your small group
    • layouts must have design theme (including font and color)
    • due Friday at the end of the period
Cultural Exploration:
  • Career exploration project continues
    • Monday & Tuesday: research
    • Wednesday - Friday: work on google presentations
Reading Lab:
  • Figurative language

Monday, January 14, 2013

Friday, January 11, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

This Week in Room 101: Jan 8-11

Core
Tuesday: Writing scoring guide, writing modes, intro New Year essay
Wednesday: New Year essay work time
Thursday: New Year essay RD due, edit and revise, work on final draft
Friday: New Year essay DUE at the beginning of class, present

Reading:
Wednesday: New Year Around the World
Friday: New Year Around the World
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Wildcat Pride
Tuesday-Friday: Mini incentive PREP

Cultural Exploration
Tuesday: Intro Career Project: "What is Your Adjective" "What color?"
Wednesday -Friday: Laptops for Career Project Research